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hpr2607 :: Processing

Klaatu introduces Processing, a Java subset and IDE suitable for graphical programming projects

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Hosted by Klaatu on 2018-07-31 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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Duration: 00:29:37

Programming 101.

A series focusing on concepts and the basics of programming

Get Processing from processing.org. Download, extract, and launch. On Linux, just click the processing file.

Processing requires that either OpenJDK or Java to be installed.

Processing requires a void setup() function, which is a function that Processing expects whenever an application is launched. If you don't have a setup function, your application still launches, but with basic Processing defaults. Try this to start with:

void setup() {
    size(480,720);
}

Click the Run button in the top left corner to launch your [very simple] application: an empty window that is 480 pixels wide and 720 pixels tall.

Draw a rectangle on your canvas by invoking Processing's void draw() function:

void draw() {
    rect(10,10,80,80);
}

Click the Run button in the top left corner to launch your application.

Add some colour to your rectangle:

void draw() {
    fill(8,120,90);
    rect(10,10,80,80);
}

Click the Run button in the top left corner to launch your application.

Make a simple painting app:

void setup() {
    size(480,720);
}

void draw() {
    if (mousePressed) {
        fill(20,120,90);
        ellipse(mouseX,mouseY,25,25);
    } else {
        fill(random(10,120),random(10,80),random(20,200));
    }
}

More Processing tricks: you can export your application as a standalone Java app, or as an Android .apk as long as you have the Android SDK installed.

Processing's documentation is excellent. It has examples for all functions, with pictures.


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Comment #1 posted on 2018-07-31 16:21:06 by b-yeezi

Seems likea great teaching tool

Thanks for this episode. I've heard of processing, but never knew what it was or how it could be useful. I will probably turn to this after scratch for my kids.

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